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Cinnabar On Calcite

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Cinnabar On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.5 × 3.1 cm
Description

One from my own Mexician collection. This specimen consists of lustrous, bright red cinnabar crystals on a nicely contrasting matrix of massive white calcite. Cinnabar specimens from Mexico are uncommon and rarely offered for sale.

Previous labels supplied (not photographed)
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

Formula: 
HgS
Strunz: 
2.CD.15a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Peter Crozier Minerals